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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
Soldiers Mounted on Ponies.

'tThe Corps of Mounted Infantry In
Upper Burmah," writes the officer to
VIII om we are indebted for our sketches,
"afe just being reorganized. The pro-
posed strength is >0o and the force is to
be scattered over several districts in
sqqadrons of seventy-five each. The men
are composed Of smart lightweights from
inf ntry regiments here, and are all
mo united on strong, hardy Burmese
ponies, about twelve hands two inches
high. They are armed with Martini car
bi4es and sword backed sword bayonete.
Til ammunition is carried in bandolier
belts over the left shoulder and ordinary
light hunting saddles and brides are
used. This corps is found most efficient
in driving out Dacoits from the thick
dehse forest jungle and long elephant
grass, where the enemy Is in the habit Of
lying in ambush and suddenly firing on
on : troops. A similar corps Of mounted
m$ is also being formed from the native
regiments. "-LOndon Graphic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
Died Of Too Much Debt.

'No, sir! he did not die of pneumonia;
he died Of bill brokers, sir. He pro-
jetted an unwise improvement of piece
of real estate, made loans, covered him.
self with bonds and mortgages, and
finally incurred street debt of s., goo.
which rapidly rolled up to $1,000 and
crushed the life out of him. He Dor
rowed money on call, got paper dis
counted, and he worked, lived and died
for the bill brokers. Yes, sir, he died Of
a street debt, upon which he expended
his strength every week, throwing 1t
ahead from one day to seven. Dry
Goods Chronicle.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
Winters Charms.

When the air Is cold,
And the winds grow bold,
And the robes Of snow do the earth enfold
When the home lights glow
And the bright flames throw
Their mellow CLEAN in a golden flow,
And Winters charm again you know.
Where are roses then,
Not Ia field or fen
Nor with violets sweet in the old farm gled
No, alas they bloom
But in dollhouse room
Aud your best girls mad if You do not doom
A ten-dollar bill to On early tomb.
-Fittsbur2 Chronicle Telegraph.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26

An agent for a parlor organ saws 1t
pays to give an organ outright to some
farmer in neighborhood where there
are no instruments. As soon as it is
known that he has one every other
farmers wife exclaims: "Well, if that
isn't cheek! II that family can buy an
organ, we shall certainly have one, and
well get better one than they did. y
From fifteen to twenty sales ore the re-
suit
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26

The Galveston Texas Nctrs tells this
story of buried treasure: ''Some eight
miles southeast OF Kemp, on Twelve
Mile Prairie, lives family by the name
of Godfrey. In 1875 old man Godfrey
took sick and died in short time with
congestion Of the lungs. The old man
was in fine circumstances. had consider
able stock and good deal of money. He
was in the habit of keeping his money
buried, and had it all buried at the time
he was taken sick. His wife being dead,
he told no one where he kept it except
his oldest son, a boy seventeen years of
age, and, as recent developments have
proved, this boy did not know where it
was all buried. After the old mans
death, the boy in company with his
lncle repaired to the place where he
knew the money WAS buried, and they
got up several thousand dollars. Many
of the old neighbors, and even his own
children, have always believed that there
was moro money buried around the
premises, and time and again have
searched for it without finding anything.
The old home has been rented out from
year to year to various individuals. It
was rented this year to a man by the
name of Ashton, who moved the fence
from around the plum orchard, and in
blowing IN oats last April his pillow struck
an old coffee pot which, upon investiga-
ton, proved to contain quantity of
gold pieces, estimated at something
near one hundred $50 gold pieces.
Ashton kept this secret from ail except
a young man coming home with him
from town. One day when he was full
of the Oil of gladncss he told the young
man he had plenty of gold, and if he
would "a with him he wonld show it to
him, which, he did. Time passed on.
Ashton, who wv a mqk ~ I'D means,
spent money t6ALkk - slther reck-
lessly, and on lak fkn16ly morning
7e proof of the uodAs5 Family had,
6ssectcd with jan ~, circumstances,
cAiy9Sfrcsf q Ahtsh ,'@ho now is
under vy Po~& ~ HE money he
found, whsssJ hjpnd "a doubt is the
money old NO buried some
ten or twslyN<o."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
A Slight Correction.

"Mrs. smith" said Chicago travel
Ing man to his wife. IAN the senio
member of the psrtner ship which W
formed over year ago with the assist
ance of the preacher
Certainly" rplied Mrs. Smith
me.kly
"Do \ bold controlling interest il
this busi sess."
''Of course yd do, dear
"Am the iccrctary and Treasure
and Business N,nager of thi, concern
Am | responsible for it, business status =
"To be sureyou arc. never said any
thing t. the contrary, did ~ she r..
sponded.
Now, whit wish to direct your al.
tention 10, is.h.s. Your household OK
penscs hhve'een runningup t. an alarm
ing figure, and your demands for min
money maybe prnpcriy described rs e.
orbitant l have decided that / aust
take stPsto keep youth check" sU}
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26

An instrument kno~s
rett-Nelm4 telephone,
residents Of Houston, Tex
a successful trial at GavestS
consisted in talking over VIZ
longi tia. being the distance t,
leans and return The articuiatiolS
morl distinct and perfect than or>
ordinary short circuits by the Bell "a
phote. The new invention diG frS
the bell. Edison and Ill otheEEe phone,ss
inaslnuch as it combines Ne effects of an
Induction coil ard the helix Of u hand
phohe, causing them to act simultaneous
ly and in concert with each other by
winHing the coils in the same direction
and using carbon diaphragm with throe
carbon contacts, providing for the use of
lstger amount Of battery. The recent
test was made with three cells For
shoft distance no battery whatever is re-
quifed, the automatic dynamo-current
bell g sufficient to articulate with great
distinctness and steadiness. The inven-
tors claim that they can talk from New
York to San Francisco with the same
disfinctness as for distance of 500 or
900 miles.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26

The ominous fact is stated tin
navigation of Lake Champlain is 81
jurod, owing to the cutting down OF
forests, that access to some Of its chiS
ports is difficult and that every year the
lake is becoming more shallow.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
He Didn't Want a Tutol

A we'll to do resident of Holmes
ty recently came up to Cleveland
quite a load ON his mind. He II
daughter lust growing into womana
and wants to give her better educd
than the facilities of his 49,
afford. In pursuance Of
called on q Cleveland fric
and asked his advice.
"Well," said the friend 'sy6n' "a
send her up here and give b. r the adj
tages TINT our schools a!roH."
81 don't know" answered. the fat
81 hate to have her leave home.
ought toi have lust as goodan aduca
as the best of 'em, an GIN sfford to
for it, too. | want her tn learn the
guages, you know, an ,lancin', an
quette, an music"
Suppose" said the friend, sup
you get tutor for her
"A tootei.' cried the father, "g
man, | don't expect her to play i
brass band. II she harms the pial
that's enough. " rleqLs,sd Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
he Boat Was Punctual

in Selah Dustin, xhe4hf
4 lake craft without =
a. Of woodward, AM Y
ing .cal of rough legal =
boat stormy career, at one tlsAt
The caNecn Detroit and Port
tuality &in prided himself on tho
and his bo, which the lines were
day, while t!eft for it dcstInatio|
to ploudhing'ing on freight prep'
of Port lIurofe waves in tn dl
board and acco,.a stranger wal
lows: the captain ,
"Wht time do. -, -
at 8 Q clock Sh'' boat GOT
"Does She go on tP' L
"Shc d0es-right OF, :,
The prospective passWqe:
out his watch and exclaPer ncf
"Why, it's a quarter aft.
Without the slightest peril no no,
in tone of drawing placidits::il
tain responded: =
"WelI, sir. this boat has been s
teen minutes > Then he resumed
pervision of the loading of fir,
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26
.artIIy What She Meant

What a lone>ome spo
herring is whcfc "ne As
/ 1T is indeed. pom
know.
L don't know what l
pc b.t for YOU. \ or
the evenings dc -crt.'
I - cally, | am bcho
$ Edit.
"Hcs. dear Harold. y
|ing's oasis the one gre
/ dIeacy waste. - rctto.
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DingIey. is this youE l By
for ten years. li3w arg
''Oh. Tin just like
by the way. Peck lam, I,
tc. lou used to "a y. yds
| cir. when you were single
lam sadly)-"She's SUI
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-26

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nil" fz457kJ
IL The Bcy summc
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II, .ry Jew who sY
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07

average loss was IL per cent, while at
Linden General Moreau lost but A per
cent, and the Archduke John lost but
z per cent in killed and wounded.
Americans would scarcely call this a
lively skirmish. At Perryville, Muir
freesboro, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Get
tysburg, Mission Ridge, the Wilder
ness and Spottsylvania, the loss fire.
quently reached, and sometimes ex-
ceeded, 40 per cent. Official statistics
show that Of the 8, ZOO, 900 men enlisted
there were killed in battle A ,23S; died
of wounds, 49,205; died of disease,
186,216; died of unknown causes, 24,-
1874 total, 300, ,S43. This includes only
those whose death while in the army
had been actually proved. To this
number should be added, first, 5000
men who are known to have died
while in the hands of the enemy as
prisoners of war, and many others in
the same manner whose deaths are
unrecorded; second, a fair percentage
of the 205, ,794 men who are put down
on the official reports as deserters and
missing in action, for those who par
ticipated in the war know that men
frequently disappear who, it was GER
tain, had not deserted, yet could not
be otherwise officially accounted for !;
third, thousands who are buried in
private cemeteries all over the north
who died while home on furlough.
The nations dead are-buried- in
seventy-three national cemeteries, of
which only twelve are in the Northern
States. The proportion of deaths from
all causes in the troups of each State
was as follows: Maine, in 7; New
Hampshire, in Z; Vermont, | in 6 ;
Massachusetts,, l in 9; Rhode Island,
l in IL; Connecticut, in 10; New
York, l in II; New Jersey, in II;
Pennsylvania, l in II; Delaware. l in
II; Delaware, in 90; Maryland, l in
26; Ohio, l in 8; Indiana, l in 8;
Illinois, 1 in Z; Michigan, l in 6;
Wisconsin, in Z; Minnesota, in s;
Iowa, l in (nearly g.; Kansas, l in
5; California, in 20; West Virginia,
l in 8; Kentucky, l in 10; Missouri,
/ in 8.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
How Men Die i'm Wars.

A Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercidl-Gdzette has
been comparing the statistics of the
loss by death of Union soldiers during
the Rebellion with the mortality of
other wars. Reports show that the
Northern and Southern armies met in
over 1000 skirmishes and battles. In
l4S of these conflicts the loss on the
Federal side was over 500 men, and in
at least ten battles over 10000 men
were reported lost on each side. The
appended table shows that the COM
bined losses of the Federal and Con-
federate forces, in killed, wounded
and missing, in the following engage
ments, were: Shiloh, $4,000; Antie-
tam, $4,000; Stone River, $4,000;
Charlottesville, $4,000; Gettysburg,
$4,000; Chickamauga, $4,000; Nc
Clellan's Peninsula campaign, 1SO 900,
and Sherman's campaign, l25 200.
Waterloo was one OF the most desper-
ate and bloody fields chronicled in
European history, and yet Yelling
toms casualties were less than II per
cent. his losses being 2,432 killed and
95S wounded out of over 100 900 men,
while at Shiloh one side lost in killed
and wounded 9,740 out of "a 900,
while their opponents report their
killed and wounded at 9,6l8, making
the casualties about 30 per cent. At
the great battle of Wagram Napoleon
lost but about 5 per cent. At
Wurzburg the French lost but 21a per
cent, and yet the army gave up the
field and retreated to the Rhine. At
Racour, Marshal SAKE lost but 211a per
cent. AT Zurich, Massena lost but s
per cent. At Lagriz, Frederick lost
but 81 per cent. At Malplaquet,
Marlborough lost but 10 per cent, and
at Families the same intrepid COM
mander lost but per cent. AT Con-
tras, Henry of Navarro was reported
as cut to pieces, yet his loss was less
than 10 per cent. At Lodi, Napoleon
lost II per cent. At Valmy, Fred
erick William lost but 3 per cent, and
at the great battles of Marengo and
Austerlitz, sanguinary as they were,
Napoleon lost an average OF less than
l4% per cent. At Magenta and Sol
ferino, in 1859, the average loss OF both
armies was less than 8 per cent. AT
KoniTath, in 1866, it was 6 per cent.
At Worth, Specheran, Mars le Tour,
Graveiotte and Sedan, in 1870, the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
Notice Of Executors Sale Of real ES-
tate at Private Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance
~ of the order of the Superior Court of the
county of Los Angeles, state of California,
made on the first day Of July, 1887, in the
matter of the estate of Arcadia A. de Char
ruau, deceased, the undersigned, Domingo
Garcia, as the executor of the said deceased,
will on or after Monday, the Goth day of
August, 1887, sell at private sale to the high
est bidder, upon the terms hereinafter men
toned, in separate parcels, or in one parcel,
as the said executor may deem most bene--
fetal to the said estate, per front foot ana
subject to confirmation by the said superior
Court, all of the right, title and interest OF
the said deceased in and to all that certain
piece or parcel of land situate and lying In
the city and county of Los Angeles, state of
California, and more particularly described
as follows, to-wit: Commencing at point
on the easterly line of Pleasant street, dis
tant N. IA deg. so min. W. $50 feet from
the intersection of the Northerly line of
Michigan street and Pleasant street; thence
N. rs deg. 10 min. +. along board fence
159 5S-1O0 to nail in lower rail OF renee,
2x2 stake; thence s. rs degrees 10 min. w:
I59 feet to the Northwest corner of picket
fence on the Easterly line of Pleasant street;
thence along said Easterly line and picket
point of beginning. Being lot and part of
lot g, in block ''S' of the Mount Pleasant
tract.
Terms and conditions OF sale-Cash gold
coin of tho United States of America.
Ten per cent. of the amount of each bid
must be paid to the executor at the time of
acceptance of such bid, the balance OF the
amount of bid accepted to be paid to the ex.
ecutor on confirmation and execution of
deed all to be paid in the gold coin of the
United States of America.
Bids or offers will be received by the un-
dersigned as such executor for the interest
of said deceased and of said estate in said
land.
Such bids or offers must be in writing, and
may be left at the Office of the undersigned,
room No. /, Downey block, corner Main and
Temple streets, in the city and county of Los
Angeles, State of California; or delivered
to him personally; or may be filed
in the office of the Clerk of the SAID superior
Court. DOMINGO GAkClAi
Executor of the estate of Arcadia A. de Char
ruau, deceased.
Dated Los Angeles. CAL, July 25, 1887.
jy26-d30t jy 30-w2t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07

Cont, Coke, Charcoal ana Wood,
Wholesale and retail. Special rates for car
load lots, delivered to all points. Offices
Court street; telephone 33. Yard-Corner
Alameda and Jackson streets telephone 3l5.
WALTER s. MAXWELL,
Sole agent for Wellington Goal.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07

Burbank has to-day the most steady
boom OF any town In lower California,
excepting Pasadena and Monrovis. which
It will soon rival. Call at the ONCE. IL
South Spring street. and see II this state
ment Il hetverided.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
Crowell, Lloyd e Stratton,
116 West First St
Special Bargains in Acre Property.


N '-'--1
sorted bearing I'll
mile
Owaterc ami afnI6
-wothaf fortune 20 the
vicinity Of
famiD
can be made oil
assS mill ana
shedg n ms.
roea
very 0n''p No. MANY OTHER FINE BARGAINS
and Florence lands well their great flowing
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
Dots.

Lovers of fine teas and cOffees buy fr5m
DOnahue's Grocery House.
J.w. Davis Prescription Druggist.
Tents at Foy's harness shop, 2l7 Los An
peles street
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
Los ANGELES COUNTY BANK,
Temple Block. Los angeles, Cal.
Capital stock PAID ~, 100000.
Reserve

JOHN x, PLATTER ... President.
RS. BAKER -. Vice-President.
GEO. Il. STEWART ... Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
HI. MAcNEIL, JoTHAM BIxBY.
JOHN Z. platter, RoBBRT 8. BAKER,
JOHN A. PAXTON, GEO. W. PRESCOTT,
K. M. WIDNEY.
E0-BUY AND SILL EXCHANGE: On San
Francisco, New York, London, Paris. Berlin
and Frankfort,
EN-BpY EXCHANGES on all parts OF the
United States and Europe.
ED-RECEIvE MONEY on open account
and certi icate Of deposit, and do general
banking and exchange business.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07

McC0ye,s Addition 10 BrOndacres
Lots selling fast in this addition. No inter
est to pay: $50 lots, $40 per month. Maps
now ready. Call at % N. Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
Burbank.

DOmahue's Grocery RouSc
Carries the finest stock in the city. No. 205
6Outh Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
A Few Choice villa Lots,

One acre each. still left at Broadacres; $500
each; $40 per month. No interest. Your
la chance. % N. spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-07
Dividend Notice.

AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
"A Directors Of the LOS ANGELES COUNTY
BANK July 9Th, 1887, semi-annual diV.
dend was declared at the rate of eighteen
(16) per cent. per snnum on the capital
stock, being nine (0) dollars per share, pay
able immedistely. GEO. II. STEWART,
Cash1sr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-03
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
The Senate.

IT the Senate, yesterday morning the appro.
priation bill for the fiscal year of lS87-SS. to-
gether with that applying to the fiscal year of
1866-89 referred to special committee con-
sistng of Senator'S French Fowler. Wier Barrett
and Schloss 10 the afternoon. however the SEN
ate won't into committee of the whole, Mr. Tharp
in the chair, to consider the appropriation
measures. The following items of the bill fer
1887-SS were adopted: Two hundred thousand
dollars to complete the Capitol 81. 800 for the
,noval of the State Offices to the Capitol build
ing; $40 81 for W. A. Meloy, State agent: ST. 500
for the Gettysburg monuments to Indiana sol
diers; $50. 600 for the erection of school build
ing at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; $25, 600 for
the State University, for erecting library build
ing. In the appropriation for the normal school
$1,000 was added to the item of $500 for library
purposes to maintain department of natural
sciences. For enlarcing and repairing the chapel
at the Plainfeld House of Refuge. SO, 500 was
added, and $1,000 for the hospital at the Female
Reformatory was adopted. After reporting
back to the Senate. the bill, as amended, was
ordered engrossed The appropriations for the
three new insane asylnms were stricken out in
the committee of the whole A resolution al
lowing 5000 for .ndexing the Senate journals was
adopted. The bill of Mr.. Shiyely providing for
the collection Of death, marriage and birth sta
tisticS was passed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-03
Constitutional Catarrh.

No single disease has entailed more suffering or
hastened the breaking UP of the constitution than Ca
tarrh The of SMELL of TASTE of sight, of hear.
ing the human voice. the mind-one or more and
sometimes all yield to its destructive influence. The
poison it distributes throughout the system attacks
every vital force and breaks up the most robust of
constitutions. Ignored because but tso understood,
by most physicians impotently assaed by quacks and
charatans, these suffering from have little hope to
be relieved of it this side of the grave 1t is time
then that the popular treatment of this terrible dis
ease by remedies within the reach of all passed into
hands at once competent and trustworthy. The new
and hitherto untried method adopted by Dr. Sanford
IN the preparation of his Radical Cure has won ths
hearty approval of thousands. 1t is instantaneous in
aifording relief in all head colds sneezing snuffng
and obstructed breathing. and rapidly removes the
most oppressive symptoms. clearing the head sweet
ening the breath. restoring the of smell tasts
and hearing and neutrazng the constitutional tend
ency of the disease towards the lungs liver and kid
nevs.
Sanfords Radical Cure consists of bottle of the
Radical Cure. one box of Catarrhal Solvent and I'm,
proved Inhaler; price, 81.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL CO.. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-03
Graduation of Dentists.

Fourteen young gentlemen graduated from the
Indiana Dental College last evening The exer-
cises were held in the lecture room of the col
leRe in the When Block, and the attendance of
friends of the school and of the graduates was
quite large. The graduates were l.. G. Bell,
Germany; Charles Woelz, Indiana; John E. Car
mons. Illinois: John H. Evans, Illinois; S.
Oliver, Pennsylvania; J. J. Liekley, Michigan
p. ]. Hood Kentucky; s. N. Blackledce. Indi-
ana: Milton Lamb. Indiana John H. Bird. Mich
igan: James W. Bales, Michigan; w. N. Easton
Michigan; George Tharbach, Germany; P. W.
Earhart, Indiana. The exercises were short.
After music by the orchestra. Rev J. A. Rond-
thaler invoked the divine blessing. NJ. Wells,
d. d. S.. delivered an address on behalf of the
trustees, and gave the graduates some excellent
advice. On behalf Of the faculty, Dr. J. H.
Oliver spoke. and his remarks were appropriate
and beneficial to the outgoing class. The diplo-
mas were presented by the president of the col
iege, DR.. w. l.. Heiskell.